The Additive Manufacturing User Group (AMUG) conference 2022 was held April 3-7 in Chicago, Illinois at the Hilton Downtown Chicago. With over 2,000 attendees, this event is the largest AM user-only conference in the world. Throughout the week they had keynote speakers, smaller breakout sessions on every 3D printing topic imaginable, an exhibition hall packed […]

1993 was the year paper printing changed forever with the introduction of the first digital color printing press, the Indigo E-Print 1000. The new technology eliminated the need to swap printing plates for each change in documents manually as it was now digital. Previously, this process was time-consuming and costly, so customization wasn’t common practice. […]

When you picture a foundry, what type of images come to mind?  An industrial melting furnace? Molten metal being poured into molds? Racks of hanging casting patterns? 3D printers? The first few are probably obvious, but 3D printers? Why would a foundry need a 3D printer? Great question! To learn more, let’s take a look […]

Nylon 12CF, available on the Stratasys Fortus 380mc Carbon Fiber Edition, Fortus 450mc and F900, delivers the highest strength and stiffness-to-weight ratio of any Stratasys FDM material. The material’s unique stiffness and strength make it a great replacement for metal components in functional prototypes, tooling applications and production parts.  The rigidness of Nylon 12CF, however, […]

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There’s still time to take advantage of the Section 179 2021 tax deduction!  Prepare your business for 2022 by investing in additive solutions now and write off the entire purchase in 2021! What is Section 179? Section 179 of the IRS tax code allows businesses to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment and/or […]